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News<br />
Protection for police dogs<br />
• By Andrew King and<br />
Sam Pickering<br />
SAFER: Senior Constable Lyal Bayliss and his dog Nox are the<br />
first in Christchurch to trial a specially-designed stab-resistant<br />
multi-purpose harness.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
POLICE DOG Nox is the first<br />
in the city to trial a specially<br />
designed stab-resistant multipurpose<br />
harness.<br />
He is one of 10 dogs throughout<br />
the country who have been<br />
fitted with the Mako harness<br />
this week, which is layered with<br />
polymer panels to shield the<br />
vital organs from stabbing and<br />
slashing.<br />
Nox’s handler Senior Constable<br />
Lyal Bayliss said it was a great<br />
addition due to the nature of the<br />
work he and his partner get into.<br />
“It helps when he jumps over<br />
fences, goes into buildings and<br />
comes up against sharp objects,<br />
as well as protecting him against<br />
offenders who potentially have<br />
weapons,” he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> robust design is made from<br />
mil-spec nylon and trelleborg<br />
material which does not absorb<br />
moisture and also gives the animal<br />
protection from blows and<br />
kicks, similar protection to an officer<br />
wearing their stab-resistant<br />
body armour vest.<br />
Senior Constable Bayliss is no<br />
stranger to offenders having a go<br />
at his dogs.<br />
“One of my first dogs, an offender<br />
tried to stab him with a<br />
craft knife,” he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> harness, designed by<br />
Hamilton-based specialist Sabre<br />
Tactical NZ, weighs just over 1kg,<br />
meaning it won’t impair agility<br />
or speed, dries quickly and can<br />
be worn throughout a shift.<br />
<strong>The</strong> remaining 120 harnesses<br />
will be rolled out to dogs across<br />
the country within the next three<br />
months.<br />
Problem drinker figures<br />
fuel for bar owners<br />
• By Gabrielle Stuart<br />
NEW FIGURES showing people<br />
drinking at home cause more<br />
problems for police than those<br />
at bars, prove bars should not be<br />
closed earlier, according to their<br />
owners.<br />
More than half the Cantabrians<br />
arrested last year after<br />
drinking had been doing it at<br />
home, new police figures show.<br />
Fewer than one in five had<br />
been drinking in a public place<br />
or at a function.<br />
About 30 per cent could not<br />
remember or say where they had<br />
been drinking.<br />
Trevinos owner Marty Fuller<br />
is one of many bar and restaurant<br />
owners who have been<br />
fighting the proposed Christchurch<br />
local alcohol policy, which<br />
would force most bars, pubs,<br />
clubs and licensed restaurants to<br />
stop selling alcohol at 1am.<br />
<strong>The</strong> policy is due to be debated<br />
in a Ministry of Justice Alcohol<br />
Regulatory and Licensing Authority<br />
hearing in October.<br />
<strong>The</strong> figures backed up what they<br />
had argued all along, he said.<br />
“From day one, our submission<br />
has been that licensed<br />
premises are not the problem.<br />
Most are well-run, responsible<br />
premises, well aware of the law<br />
and our obligation under it.”<br />
He said the biggest problem<br />
came from people drinking a lot<br />
of cheap alcohol at home or in<br />
public and then causing problems.<br />
He believed shutting bars<br />
earlier would make that problem<br />
worse, as people would leave and<br />
roam the streets.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council spent more<br />
than two years drafting up the<br />
policy, and more than 4000 people<br />
have made submissions on it.<br />
What do you think? Should<br />
bars be closed earlier? Email<br />
gabrielle.stuart@starmedia.<br />
kiwi<br />
Of 4647 people arrested<br />
after drinking in<br />
Christchurch last year:<br />
•2456 said they were<br />
drinking at a private<br />
residence<br />
•1354 could not remember<br />
or police could not<br />
establish where the person<br />
was last drinking<br />
•792 were drinking in a<br />
public place<br />
•45 were at a private<br />
function<br />
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